Rheumatoid Arthritis National Clinical Guideline

Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

JASVINDER A. SINGH, KENNETH G. SAAG, S. LOUIS BRIDGES JR., ELIE A. AKL, RAVEENDHARA R. BANNURU, MATTHEW C. SULLIVAN, ELIZAVETA VAYSBROT, CHRISTINE MCNAUGHTON, MIKALA OSANI, ROBERT H. SHMERLING, JEFFREY R. CURTIS, DANIEL E. FURST, DEBORAH PARKS, ARTHUR KAVANAUGH, JAMES O’DELL, CHARLES KING, AMYE LEONG, ERIC L. MATTESON, JOHN T. SCHOUSBOE, BARBARA DREVLOW, SETH GINSBERG, JAMES GROBER, E. WILLIAM ...

The national clinical audit for rheumatoid and early inflammatory arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis

Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis

Clinical diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common disease that is now known to progress to irreversible erosive changes in the joints much more quickly than previously recognized. Physicians thus need to identify the early symptoms and signs to make a prompt clinical diagnosis and then start earlier aggressive treatment. Critical features are morning stiffness and symmetrical inflammation involving usually smal...

Comparing bone mineral density in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis

Background: Changes in patients’ bone mineral density (BMD) is one of the problems in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, which can be due to the use of corticosteroid drugs to reduce patients' symptoms or due to the aging process in patients. In this study, we decided to compare BMD in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Methods: This study as a cross-sectional descrip...